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Lol so much to say absolutely nothingI'm black. My household barbecued early. We ate delicious food. A few hours later, I went to my WHITE colonizer friend's house (his dad is a retired cop and the whole family avidly watches fox news). And I took my Mexican gf and my half "mulatto" daughter. And even though I stereotypically can't swim, my daughter had the BEST time swimming in their pool with their WHITE children, eating VANILLA ice cream, running around with sparklers and watching fireworks. And no one cracked offensive jokes. Even though grandma complained about Biden and some fireworks issues at mt. Rushmore, she still tapped her feet while the stereo played popular rap music of a successful Canadian immigrant. No one made us feel second class. They just complimented me multiple times on my daughter and we talked about various topics while enjoying drinks like responsible adults.
From our experience yesterday, my daughter already has fun memories of the holiday that I didn't grow up having in childhood. This kind of thing could happen in lot's of countries. But knowing the history of this country, this IS progress. Not cancel culture. By teaching... More accurately by BEING inclusion to the next generation, we make the future brighter. I and my guests were welcomed into these people's home off the strength of one friendship. One formed at a neighborhood high school that is considered "not good" because of the percentage of black students. If you're too woke to break bread with the other side, you are apart of the problem. On july 4th no one should be ashamed of the flag. Because if they never scribbled on that paper that men should be free and equal, whether or not they even believed it. The world would be even worse than it is now. English imperialism pretty much started this Era, and the colonists took on that superpower and proved that unjust global tyrannies don't have superpowers.
I certainly could say they're home is bigger than mine and has a pool and yada yada because of slave labor and prison industrial complex and blah blah. But they don't care. They don't feel responsible and these people never will. All they know is their own experience has been good and they are happy to share it with me in celebration. We have 364 other days to be ashamed the state of America and at least 10 home games to kneel and piss off "Patriots". Holidays are for the kids... to pass on and even improve the culture. That is the time to do it and I hope next year we barbecue on juneteenth and invite white people to have fun WITH us. Not watch us having fun. Don't complain about the dance as a wall flower. You have to get out your shell to experience it properly.